Petzold program not working

Question

I'm trying to compile and run a Windows API program from Chapter 3 or Petzold's Programming Windows 5th edition using MinGW in VSC. When I run HelloWin.c, it exits with error code -1. I have placed the hellowin.wav file in the same directory as the HellowWin.c. No executable is created when I try to run HelloWin.c I know the compiler is installed because previous programs in Petzold worked fine. VSC does not cite any "problems" in the problems tab. My code:

//Displays "Hello Windows 10!" in client area.

#include <windows.h>
#include <mmsystem.h> 

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc (HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);

int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PSTR szCmdLine, int iCmdShow)
{
    static TCHAR szAppName[] = TEXT ("HelloWin");
    HWND          hwnd ;
    MSG           msg ;
    WNDCLASS      wndclass ;

    wndclass.style          = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW ;
    wndclass.lpfnWndProc    = WndProc ;
    wndclass.cbClsExtra     = 0 ;
    wndclass.cbWndExtra     = 0 ;
    wndclass.hInstance      = hInstance ;
    wndclass.hIcon          = LoadIcon (NULL, IDI_APPLICATION) ;
    wndclass.hCursor        = LoadCursor (NULL, IDC_ARROW) ;
    wndclass.hbrBackground  = (HBRUSH) GetStockObject (WHITE_BRUSH) ;
    wndclass.lpszMenuName   = NULL ;
    wndclass.lpszClassName  = szAppName ;

    if (!RegisterClass (&wndclass))
    {
        MessageBox (NULL, TEXT ("This program requires Windows NT!"), szAppName, MB_ICONERROR) ;
        return 0;
    }

    hwnd = CreateWindow (szAppName,
                        TEXT ("The Hello Program"),
                        WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
                        CW_USEDEFAULT,
                        CW_USEDEFAULT,
                        CW_USEDEFAULT,
                        CW_USEDEFAULT,
                        NULL,
                        NULL,
                        hInstance,
                        NULL) ;

    ShowWindow (hwnd, iCmdShow) ;
    UpdateWindow (hwnd) ;

    while (GetMessage (&msg, NULL, 0, 0))
    {
        TranslateMessage (&msg) ;
        DispatchMessage (&msg) ;
    }
    return msg.wParam ;
}

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc (HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    HDC         hdc ;
    PAINTSTRUCT ps ;
    RECT        rect ;

    switch (message)
    {
        case WM_CREATE:
            PlaySound (TEXT ("hellowin.wav"), NULL, SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC) ;
            return 0 ;

        case WM_PAINT:
            hdc = BeginPaint (hwnd, &ps) ;

            GetClientRect (hwnd, &rect) ;

            DrawText (hdc, TEXT ("Hello, Windows 10"), -1, &rect, DT_SINGLELINE | DT_CENTER | DT_VCENTER) ;
            EndPaint (hwnd, &ps) ;
            return 0 ;

        case WM_DESTROY:
            PostQuitMessage (0) ;
            return 0 ;
    }
    return DefWindowProc (hwnd, message, wParam, lParam) ;
}

Answer 1

I think I found the problem. I took my computer into a computer repair place and the problem is that a "friend" of mine (we aren't friends anymore) updated my windows to a bootlagged version of windows which is the source of my problems. He also created other problems with my hard drive and I just need to get windows reinstalled properly. Thanks for your help verifying that my code was not at fault!